page_title: Zacco platypus
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Zacco platypus / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Dori-baengbaengi (pan-fried freshwater minnow) 한국어: 도리뱅뱅이
context_page_description: The pale chub, also known as pale bleak or fresh-water sprat, is a species of fish native to rivers and streams from northern China and Korea to northern Vietnam. They can grow up to 20 centimetres but usually grow up to 13 centimetres. Its diet consists of zooplankton, invertebrates, fish, and debris.
  Zacco platypus Is called Oikawa オイカワ（追河、Opsariichthys platypus）in Japan.
context_section_description: Zacco platypus are used as bait for sport-fishing for larger fish. They are popular for fly fishers and are caught for consumption. Males are used for aquariums because of their vibrant coloring.
caption: Dori-baengbaengi (pan-fried freshwater minnow)
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